Chapter 4107: Unexpected Acquaintance

"Guests, please follow me to the third floor of the clubhouse. This will also be the last stop of our clubhouse tour. The third floor is mainly the activity area for the skinners in the clubhouse and a small number of office areas, but its main function here is enjoyment."

On the rumbling elevator, the young woman said to everyone:

"After arriving at the third floor, my duties will also end. You can visit the third floor at will, or take a glass of wine to attend that never-ending banquet.

Soon, someone will come to find you and take you to those hidden offices, conference rooms, or reception rooms. After your respective goals are achieved, if you wish, you can leave the clubhouse."

The moment she finished speaking, the elevator happened to arrive at the third floor. Looking out from the elevator, what was in front of them was not a corridor, but a huge banquet hall.

Fashionably dressed men and women, who all looked quite young, were whiling away their time in the banquet hall. Some were holding wine glasses and chatting about jokes with companions, some were gathered together playing chess or cards, or dancing gracefully with companions to the music.

Warm yellow lamps emitted light, tempting food was piled into a small mountain on the long dining table, antique oil paintings that looked quite aged hung all over the walls, and at the top of the banquet hall was a rather huge crystal chandelier.

It looked no different from a banquet in the normal world, except that Xia De was certain that everyone present was wearing skin-objects.

"A small number of people in the banquet hall are skinners who came to rest during work breaks, and more are outsiders who came here voluntarily and are unwilling to leave. They are both skinner candidates and raw materials."

The young woman said with a smile, signaling that everyone could leave the elevator and officially enter the third floor:

"There are many doors on the four sides of the banquet hall, and all the doors are connected. Behind the doors are other banquet halls. If you accidentally discover an area that is not a banquet hall, please politely close the door and retreat; do not disturb the skinners who are resting."

She bowed to the group, but just as she was about to leave, she was stopped by Xia De:

"So, what are you in this clubhouse?"

Xia De asked the question that everyone shared:

"There are skinners here, and there are people who stayed voluntarily, so what about you? Are the only 'staff' in the clubhouse skinners?"

The information provided by Desire actually contained this part of the information, but Xia De hoped to hear the other party admit it personally.

The young woman was still smiling:

"My identity? I am, of course, a 'Skin-Rack Miss.' Specifically used to show guests all kinds of skin-objects. Although skin-objects can be worn by anyone, there will always be some who are more suitable for showing their charm."

She looked at Viga again:

"That's why I especially like those young and beautiful ones... I will also wander on the third floor. If you want to find me, tap your respective ID cards with your fingers, and I will come to find you. Next, guests, enjoy your time in the clubhouse."

She turned and left, her figure soon disappearing into the crowd in the banquet hall.

The people accompanying Xia De and Viga then scattered to all corners of the banquet hall and soon disappeared without a trace. These people had no intention of staying together to act.

Xia De and Viga had the same idea, and the two were still holding hands. Viga did not care where they were going now, but Xia De still saw that Viga was somewhat absent-minded.

So, after everyone else had disappeared, he also took Viga deep into the banquet hall. He originally wanted to go to the window to talk to Viga, but found that the wall with the window could not be approached no matter what, as if the space stretched infinitely as they approached.

However, the window itself was covered by vermilion curtains, so it didn't matter even if they didn't get close.

Finally, the two stopped beside a long table with a champagne tower in the banquet hall. Every glass filled with champagne reflected their strange shadows.

"Everything is going smoothly so far. What are you thinking about? Should I not have saved those two just now?"

Xia De asked curiously. Viga shook her head gently and spoke directly to Xia De without any hesitation:

"Of course I wouldn't oppose you doing that. Although I am not a purely good person, I am not a purely bad person either. I was just thinking that more than twenty years ago, my mother had also come here. She probably came alone at that time."

Xia De revealed a smile:

"Quite emotional, isn't it? Although you have various thoughts and perceptions about your mother, you are still saddened because you set foot in the same place as her. I can understand your view. When I first went to the academy where I studied, I also missed those girls on the other side of time."

Viga understood what Xia De was saying:

"I knew you would understand me. It's just that I don't know where my mother is. Could our guess be wrong? My mother won't guide me at all. Or perhaps, she found that things were going smoothly, so she doesn't intend to appear easily, right?"

Xia De was still smiling:

"It's better if she doesn't appear. The current situation is already a mess. Besides us, those seven people also have their own goals."

Viga nodded:

"Alright, what should we do now? Wait for someone in the clubhouse to find us? Or, do you want to play cards with these people wearing skin-objects? They said you like playing Lode cards very much."

"Even if I like it, I wouldn't play cards here. Come with me, I want to go to a place."

The human-skin scroll on which Xia De had signed his real name followed Xia De to the third floor, and he could already sense its specific location more clearly.

Although he did not think he could easily find that agreement, or thereby find the agreement that "Desire" had signed with the clubhouse years ago, but since there was nothing to do now, walking around might bring unexpected surprises.

The "Core Collection Room" that the impostor wanted to find, the agreement of Desire, the power of the Great Sin Brand existing here, the quarter of Viga's sister's body—thinking about it this way, there were really many things to find this time. Just staying in one place would not allow him to find all of these.

"I wonder how Iluna and the others are doing with their investigation on the periphery."

Xia De thought to himself, holding Viga's hand as they walked toward the wooden door by the wall, and behind the door was another lively banquet hall. Banquet hall connected to banquet hall, everywhere were men and women with outstanding looks, and many even enthusiastically and warmly invited Xia De and Viga to stop for a while and join their party.

But Xia De and Viga's footsteps did not stop until Xia De pushed open another wooden door, and behind the door, no new music came out.

Behind the door was a huge suite. Having entered the witch's bedroom in the Fifth Era, Xia De could easily see that this was a luxurious bedroom suite built in the architectural style of the Fifth Era.

The bedroom door was located on one side of a spacious living room with a fireplace, sofa, and coffee table, while the living room connected to various functional areas such as the bedroom, dressing room, washroom, and private study.

At this moment, in the direction of the bedroom that Xia De and Viga could not see, came the sound of a whip swinging and lashing.

After the two looked at each other, they chose to walk in. After arriving in the bedroom, they saw a middle-aged woman wearing light gauze swinging a whip, while on the bed was another young woman who looked very beautiful.

This was not a punishment, but some kind of... Hearing the footsteps, the middle-aged woman swinging the whip stopped her movements for a moment. She ignored the complaints of the young woman on the bed, but turned to look at the two, and after a slight pause, she smiled and said to Viga:

"Miss Astley, long time no see."

Viga was certain that she did not know the plain-looking middle-aged woman in front of her, and even less could she imagine that the other party would call out her name so easily. But looking at the other party's smiling face, for some reason, she thought of a name:

"Mrs. Connaught?"

This was a middle-aged noblewoman who kept young lovers after her husband died, whom Viga and Xia De met while attending a charity banquet together. It was just that later she was suspected of being related to a mermaid, shed her skin-object to fake her death, and with the help of the theater troupe's "Third Female Lead," put on an old man's skin-object and lived temporarily in the troupe.

Now the opera troupe was also under key investigation by the church. Xia De and Viga both thought she would find a way to escape again, or that the church had entered the 【Skin-Object Clubhouse】 this time because they had obtained clues from her. They did not expect that she had actually already arrived here.

"Yes, it's me. I didn't expect a big shot like you to remember me."

The middle-aged woman stroked her cheeks:

"I am very different from before, but fortunately, I have finally obtained the appearance of a middle-aged woman again. I think it won't be long before I can obtain a younger skin-object, and then..."

She did not know what she thought of, and revealed a smile from the bottom of her heart.

Then she asked Viga curiously:

"As for you, Miss Astley, what are you doing here? Your appearance is so beautiful that I don't know how many women in the city want to peel off your skin and wear it on themselves at all times. Does someone like you also need to come to the clubhouse to seek help?"

This middle-aged woman, who seemed to still retain her sanity, was completely insane in Viga's view. However, Viga would not sympathize with her. Such stories were being staged in every corner of the world. Once ordinary people were involved in the supernatural world, death was the most enviable outcome.

"I came here for other matters, but you were actually able to recognize me?"

Viga was very curious about this. Mrs. Connaught nodded while holding the whip, and while talking to Viga, she glanced at Xia De:

"Of course, your beauty, even if deliberately disguised, has a unique attraction to me. 'Skinless people' like us who have lost our original skin-objects have a low status in the clubhouse, but we have a very strong ability to appreciate and distinguish high-quality skin."

She smiled, and the flesh on her body jumped happily. Xia De tried his best not to look at her; the light gauze on the other party was almost translucent, and Xia De was afraid that if he looked too much, he would have nightmares. ===== CHAPTER 4108 =====